The NSF-funded Data Science Corps Wrangle-Analyze-Visualize project organized a symposium of academic leaders, faculty, and other stakeholders to foster the development of flexible and inclusive data science pathways in Massachusetts. The symposium was hosted by Smith College on June 13.
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Celebrating Rising Undergraduate Women in Statistics and Data Science
We invited rising undergraduate stars Audrey Bertin, Taneisha Arora, Sarah Zimmermann, and Ziwei “Crystal” Zang to answer a few questions in celebration of Women’s History Month.
Randi Garcia
In high school, Randi Garcia loved math—and her math grades showed it. But when it came time to decide a college major, she chose to study psychology and women’s studies. Fortunately, she was quickly introduced to statistics and data analysis via her psychology courses and her love for math made a giant comeback. She now has her dream job at Smith College, where she teaches courses in both statistical and data sciences and psychology.
Elizabeth A. Stuart
While studying for her undergraduate degree at Smith College, Elizabeth A. Stuart knew she wanted to “save the world through math,” but she had no idea what that meant. After college, she worked as a research assistant at Mathematica Policy Research, which is where she discovered statistics as a way to link her interests in public policy, the social sciences, and mathematics. She now works at the interface of statistical methods and public health, with expertise in methods for estimating causal effects. She is professor of mental health, biostatistics, and health policy and management and associate dean for education at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
SPAIG Award Goes to Two
Two SPAIG awards were presented during the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings. The first award was presented to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Sanofi Pasteur. The second award went to Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and MassMutual Financial Group.
Alyson Wilson Speaks at Smith College
Alyson Wilson, a professor in the department of statistics at North Carolina State University, spoke about her work on assessing system reliability for complex U.S. Department of Defense systems and the application of data science to problems in the intelligence community at Smith College on March 31 as part of the Statistics in National Defense and Security Speakers Program.